# Removal of Front Panel Cover **URL:** \ **Category:** Electrical Inspections\ **Created:** [April 7, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719 "2020-04-07T12:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/123 "2020-04-30T23:10:13Z")
This magnet is designed for the safe removal of the dead front cover of the service panel. With a durable red plastic shell and an easy-grip rubber handle, this magnet will reduce your exposure to electric shock and serious injury. Don’t risk dropping a panel cover! Each handle has the capacity to hold 100 pounds. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/3/3/3358a1cca043c940fc6b3cd126d6dc1b72b98b47.png) > **[Powerful Ergonomic Handle Magnet](https://inspectoroutlet.com/products/handle-magnet)** > > This magnet is designed for the safe removal of the dead front cover of the service panel. With a durable red plastic shell and an easy-grip rubber handle, this magnet will reduce your exposure to electric shock and serious injury. Don’t risk... ---
**Author:** ![lkage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lkage/32/347658_2.png) [@lkage](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lkage)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/124 "2020-04-30T23:13:09Z")
> [@mcyr](#): > > This magnet is designed for the safe removal of the dead front cover of the service panel. With a durable red plastic shell and an easy-grip rubber handle, this magnet will reduce your exposure to electric shock and serious injury. Don’t risk dropping a panel cover! **Each handle has the capacity to hold 100 pounds.** Thanks, Marcel. I don’t remember ever lifting a 100 lb. cover. ---
**Author:** ![rlewis5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rlewis5/32/337040_2.png) [@rlewis5](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rlewis5)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/125 "2020-04-30T23:17:36Z")
You want the four I have ? They are useless… Yep! ---
**Author:** ![lkage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lkage/32/347658_2.png) [@lkage](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lkage)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/126 "2020-04-30T23:18:54Z")
> [@rlewis5](#): > > What happened when you backed out that last front screw with the mags in place? > Where were your hands? I had my left hand on the magnet that I placed vertically on the upper cover. My right hand was removing the last screw. And, if the cover was large enough, I reached into my pouch and attached the 2nd magnet to the bottom and pulled the cover straight out. I wasn’t that complicated. ---
**Author:** ![rlewis5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rlewis5/32/337040_2.png) [@rlewis5](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rlewis5)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/127 "2020-04-30T23:23:16Z")
> [@lkage](#): > > I wasn’t that complicated. I can’t see it happening …Nope! All I’m asking is how do you use them … Beyond the obvious. Lets say you have 2 of those attached to the front …And you are removing the flippi’ screws . Lets say now you are down to the last screw with screw driver in hand … Then what? Grab the mags and chunk the driver? …What? You know what.Yep! ---
**Author:** ![rlewis5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rlewis5/32/337040_2.png) [@rlewis5](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rlewis5)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/128 "2020-04-30T23:24:12Z")
I’d just put my shoulder into it and it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![lkage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lkage/32/347658_2.png) [@lkage](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lkage)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/129 "2020-04-30T23:26:57Z")
> [@rlewis5](#): > > All I’m asking is how do you use them … Beyond the obvious. > Lets say you have 2 of those attached to the front …And you are removing the flippi’ screws . > Lets say now you are down to the last screw with screw driver in hand … Then what? > Grab the mags and chunk the driver? …What? > You know what Yep! Re-read the post above. A little pressure toward the wall with the left hand, held it in place while I exchanged the screw driver for the other magnet in my pouch. I wasn’t that complicated. ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/130 "2020-04-30T23:27:18Z")
> [@lkage](#): > > I had my left hand on the magnet that I placed vertically on the upper cover. My right hand was removing the last screw. And, if the cover was large enough, I reached into my pouch and attached the 2nd magnet to the bottom and pulled the cover straight out. I agree with that and I only used one magnet, used my right hand to pull the cover off straight out. ---
**Author:** ![rlewis5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rlewis5/32/337040_2.png) [@rlewis5](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rlewis5)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/131 "2020-04-30T23:29:15Z")
I’d be finished after you guys were playin’ with your mags… Good luck I’m outta here. Lets see you do it with a 440 panel… ---
**Author:** ![mgoldenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mgoldenberg/32/89265_2.png) [@mgoldenberg](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mgoldenberg)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/132 "2020-04-30T23:36:11Z")
I WANT SOMEONE TO POST A VIDEO You can use your own home CBP but Larry’s went when he sold so that leaves one happy magnet-teer left! ---
**Author:** ![lkage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lkage/32/347658_2.png) [@lkage](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lkage)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/133 "2020-04-30T23:37:31Z")
> [@rlewis5](#): > > Lets see you do it with a 440 panel… Now, that wouldn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![cevans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cevans/32/244194_2.png) [@cevans](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cevans)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/134 "2020-04-30T23:54:32Z")
> [@jdepiero](#): > > I will admit I do not use the magnets on all of the residential panels, but they are a big help on the large commercial and industrial panels. I always used the client’s electrician for those. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![jdepiero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jdepiero/32/356888_2.png) [@jdepiero](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jdepiero)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/135 "2020-05-01T00:20:57Z")
It’s not that complicated to use the magnets. (I don’t use them much for small dead fronts however) I do as Larry and Marcel do. On big covers I place both Magnets on them. Yes, they work well with 440 volt panels, especially the old ones. I do those frequently. I bought mine from McMaster Carr some time ago, but they look just like the ones Inspector Outlet sells. I may be wrong, but I think I recall watching a video from Paul Abernathy or Joe Tedesco a while ago showing how he uses the magnets. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![rdurson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rdurson/32/334118_2.png) [@rdurson](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rdurson)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/136 "2020-06-13T22:27:31Z")
Be careful if the dead front panel is painted. I had a heavily painted panel front slip off the magnetic handle (1) that I was using, it dropped and slammed into the floor, scraping paint onto the floor. Luckily, the place was a POS and it was not too noticeable. Now I know. ---
**Author:** ![mwilliams6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mwilliams6/32/179361_2.png) [@mwilliams6](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mwilliams6)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/137 "2020-06-19T01:31:40Z")
**strong text** I have 3 of the Magnets that I purchased from Inspector Outlet a few years ago. The work GREAT. I highly recommend them. I’ve only dropped one cover panel because it was painted, and when I was going to set the panel cover down inside the garage, it came loose, and the panel fell on my steel toed boots. ---
**Author:** ![kblatt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/kblatt/32/171103_2.png) [@kblatt](https://forum.nachi.org/u/kblatt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/138 "2020-06-19T01:39:24Z")
Always. Unless there is a large amount of personal items in the way that it would create an unsafe condition. ---
**Author:** ![lragsdale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lragsdale/32/210202_2.png) [@lragsdale](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lragsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/139 "2020-06-19T03:23:28Z")
I remove them all the time. Of course I used to be an electrician so it really doesn’t bother me. However if you are scared of electricity (which some are for good reason) I recommend you get together with a professional electrician and ask them how to remove the panel cover safely. See if they will demonstrate on different panels and watch you do it as well so they can give you pointers. Electricity is no joke, it can kill. All panels are a little different some are easier to remove than others. There are many things that can happen when opening a panel. Its years of doing it that makes you more aware each time you open the panel of possible issues that can happen. ---
**Author:** ![mgoldenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mgoldenberg/32/89265_2.png) [@mgoldenberg](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mgoldenberg)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/140 "2020-06-19T12:37:57Z")
> [@lragsdale](#): > > get together with a professional electrician and ask them how to remove the panel cover [/quote] Are you from Ohio? ---
**Author:** ![lragsdale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/lragsdale/32/210202_2.png) [@lragsdale](https://forum.nachi.org/u/lragsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/141 "2020-06-19T12:48:00Z")
No, I’m in Southern Tennessee/Northern Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![mgoldenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mgoldenberg/32/89265_2.png) [@mgoldenberg](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mgoldenberg)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/removal-of-front-panel-cover/163719/142 "2020-06-19T12:48:39Z")
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